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E. W. FISH 81; G. 0. BEEBE. WHIFFLETREE HOOK No. 457,312. Patented Aug.4, 1891.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN \V. FISH AND COLDV'EL'L C. BEEBE, OF RACINE, WVISCONSIN; SAID-FISH ASSIGNOR TO SAID BEEBE.

WHIFFLIETREE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.4575312, dated August4, 1891.

Application filed May 1,1891. Serial No. 391,214. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ED IN W. Frsn and CoLDwELL C. BEEBE, both citizensof the United States, and residents of Racine, in the countyof Racine,and in the State of YVisco'nsin, hLXG invented certain new and usefulImprovements in lVhifiletree-I Iooks; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements inwhiffletree-hooks; and it consists in thematters hereinafterdescribed,and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is aView, partly in section, of one end of a whififletree with our improveddevice appliedthereto. Fig. '2 is an end view of the same, illustratinga changed position of the hook. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end of thewhiflietree, illustrating more particularly the construction of theferrule, which is placed upon the end of the whiffletree. Fig. 4 is anend elevation of the whiffietree with the hook in the position shown inFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the ferrule.

' In said drawings, A indicates the whittletree; B, the ferrule upon theend of the same; and 0 indicates as a whole the whiffietreehook, whichis engaged with said ferrule.

The hook O is provided with a loopor ring 0, adapted to be placed uponthe outside of the ferrule B, as shown in the drawings.

The ferrule B is provided upon one side with a laterally-projecting pinor hook D, and

is further provided with an aperture 01 adjacent to said pin D, as shownmore particularly in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, at, and 5, the whiffletree-hook is secured uponthe outside of the ferrule B by having the loop or ring 0 slipped overthe outside of said ferrule and the pin or hook D then bent down overthe said ring, so as to embrace said ring and secure the same to theferrule, while permitting it to revolve freely about the ferrule.

As shown in the drawings, the pin Dis bent down and its end is driveninto the aperture d and forced into the wood of the whifl'letree.

5 Upon the opposite side of the ferrule from the pin or hook D isprovided a lip E, said lip being formed by cutting through the saidferrule, as shown more particularly in Figs.

1 and 3, and when the ferrule is placed upon the end of the whiffletreesaid lip is driven inwardly and forced into the wood of the whiffletree,as in Fig. 1. The, pin D and the lip E being both forced into the woodof the whiffietree upon opposite sides thereof serve to hold the ferrulevery securely upon the end of the whiffletree and prevent anyliabilityof said ferrule becoming loose.

A lug F is formed upon the outside of the ferrule B, preferably oppositeto the point of engagement of the loop 0' of the hook Ctherewith, and asecond lug or stud G, preferably located substantially at right anglesto the lug F, is also provided, said studs or lugs be ing arranged atdifferent distances from the end of the ferrule 13, so as to come uponopposite sides of the loop or ring C, as shown more particularly in Fig.2 of the drawings.

The end 0 of the hook C is bent so as to extend rearwardly adjacent tothe end of the whiffle'rree, and, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1,rests close to the end of the whiffletree, so as to form a closed hookfor engaging with the trace, and thus preventing any liability of thetrace becoming accidentally disengaged therefrom.

The loop 0 is made to conform to the outside of the ferrule for thegreater part of the circumference, and is provided with a notch 0' uponits inner surface of a size sufficient to pass the stud or lug F whenthe hook C is rotated so as to bring said notch opposite to said lug.

The operation of our improved device is as follows: The user rotates thehook C so as to bring the notch c. opposite to the stud F, 0 when the.hook may be swung outwardly in the direction indicated by the arrow inFig.

1, the notch c passing over the stud F and the end 0 moving away fromthe end of the whiffletree, so as to leave a s'uflicient space 5 betweenthe end of said hook and the end of the whiflietree for the engagementof the trace with said hook. The eye in the end of said trace is thenslipped over the hook C and said hook swung back into its originalposition, so I00 as to bring the end 0 thereof close against the end ofthe whiffletree, as before described.

The parts now occupy the position shown in Figs. land 4, the stud Fbeing located atthe top side of the whiffletree and the hook 0 beingalso directed upwardly. The operator now rotates the hook'O about theferrule 13, so as to bring the said hook to the forward side of thewhiffletree and into the position shown in Fig. 2. In this position thecircular part of the loop 0' is located between the studs F and G, andis also held upon the side opposite to the stud F by a staple formed bythe bent pin D. The stud F being upon the side of the loop or ring 0'adjacent to the end of the whiffletree, and the stud G being upon theopposite side of said loop, serve, in connection with the staple D, tohold the hook O rigidly in the position shown in Fig. 2 and to preventany lateral movement of said hook. It will be seen that by thisconstruction the connection between the trace and the whiftletree-hookis rendered very secure, and all liability of the trace becomingaccidentally disengaged therefrom is. obviated, inasmuch as it isnecessary in order to disengage said trace from said hook to firstrotate the hook into the position shown in Fig. 1, and then to swingsaid hook outwardly, so as'to afford a sufficient space for the removalof the trace from the end 0 of said hook.

It will be seen that by our improvement we are enabled to provide a verycheap, simple,

and durable form of device, and one which insures positive safetyagainst accidental displacement of the trace.

lVe prefer to form the ferrule B from malleable iron, and to form thepin or hook D integral therewith, as shown. By forming the said ferruleof malleable iron We are enabled to readily bend the hook D to form thestaple and to bend the lip E inwardly, as before described.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination, with a whifietree end, of a ferrule located upon theoutside of said end and provided with a pin or hook upon one side madeintegral therewith and an aperture adjacent to said pin or hook, and alip upon the opposite side of the said ferrule also made integraltherewith, said pin and said lip being adapted to be struck into thewood of the whiffietree to secure the ferrule in position upon the same,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a whiffletree end, of a ferrule located uponthe outside of said end, a pin or hook made integral with said ferrule,an aperture in said ferrule adjacent to said pin or hook, a ring or loopadapted to be placed upon the outside of said ferrule and provided witha hook adapted for engagement with the end of the trace, the end of saidhook being arranged to extend across the end of the whiffletree and torest against or near thereto, said ring being revolubly secured upon theoutside of the ferrule by bending the said pin or hook on said ferrulearound said ring and forcing the end of the same into the adjacentaperture in said ferrule, and lugs projecting from the outer surface ofthe ferrule and adapted to engage with opposite sides of said ring,substantially as and for the purposes described. w 7

' 3. The combination, with a whiflietree end, of a ferrule located uponthe outside of said end, a pin or hook made integral with said ferrule,an aperture in said ferrule ad acent to said pin, a lip formed upon theopposite side of said ferrule and also made integral therewith, a ringadapted to be placed upon the outside of the ferrule and provided with aprojecting hook, said pin being arranged to be bent over said ring andtobe passed through said adjacent aperture and forced into the Wood of theWhifiietree and said lip being also adapted to be bent inwardly andforced into the wood, the hook upon the said ring being arranged toextend outside of and against the end of the whiftletree, studs or lugsuponthe ferrule arranged to come upon opposite sides of the said ring,and a notch in said ring adapted to be passed over one of said studs orlugs, so as to permit said ring to be swung about its connection withsaid ferrule, substantially as and for the purposes described. Intestimony that we claim the foregoing We have hereunto set our hands, atRacine, in the county of Racine and State of \ViSCOIlSlIl, 1n thepresence of two witnesses.

EDWIN W. FISH.

OOLDWELL C. BEEBE.

Witnesses: PETER NELsoN, J AMES SMoLLEY;

